Welcome to the lesson devoted to the “Youth problems” / “Problems of teenagers”. We are very glad to see you and first of all I’d like to introduce our topic. «Teenagers: Why do teens join a youth group? »

Today we’d like to ask and answer some questions:

Do young people have problems?

What difficulties do they face in real life?

Can you answer my question, please?

Who is a teenager? How old is this person?

As you know the word “teenager” comes from English language. And it means a person who is at the age from 13 to 19.

2. Речеваязарядка

Life for teens is like a struggle, let us read a poem written by a British teenager about life. So, listen to me, please:

Life Is Fate

What for we live? What for we die?Why can we dream, but cannot fly?Sometimes we’re happy and we smile,Sometimes we’re sad, we scream and cry.What for we love? What for we hate?I cannot answer! Life is fate!

I agree with the author of this poem. I profoundly believe that life is fate. But I can control it by myself. And choosing the subculture is my own choice. Popular culture is mass culture. It is a professionally organized sphere that works for a large mass of people. Popular culture gives people, especially young, standards to be what they like, to express their individuality.

Now I invite you to look through some articles about different subcultures. What subcultures are discussed on these pages? Let’s name them.

1. T.: We’ve said what subculture means. Now let’s say what subcultures you know. I’ll tell one or two sentences about this or that grouping, you’ll call me the name of the group.

A person who dresses in a shocking way. He or she has brightly coloured hair.

These are people with deep understanding of how computers work. They don’t protest against their parents.

They look as thin and pale as possible. They talk about being vampires and the end of the world.

They cut their hair shorter than others do. They are usually regarded as aggressive and violent.

Some people classify them as drug – users, but they always want to change the world to the best.

This group has a threatening appearance. They all can ride motorbikes.

Учащиеся называют субкультуры.

punks

hackers

the goths

skinheads

hippies

bikers

4. Актуализация знаний. Молодежные организации.

Развитие монологической речи «Молодежные организации в России».

5. Физминутка для глаз.

6. Чтение с выборочным извлечением информации.

Has a teenager got problems?

What are they?

Young people can meet difficulties everywhere: at home, at school, in the street. They face to different problems.

What are they? Let’s find them out.

They are…

at home with parents

misunderstanding

smoking

using drugs

using alcohol drinks

relationships with lovers

Young People – Old Problems”

1. Communication with persons of the same age

2. Fathers and Sons

3. Teen addiction

4. Street children

5. Youth organizations

And now let’s find the solution of the problem.

7. Совершенствованиенавыковустнойречи:

The task: You’ll put the sentences into 2 parts: False and True.

The teenager is kind enough.

He or she tries to get better education.

To get good education is not fashionable nowadays.

They read a lot.

They work on a computer as professionals.

Their favourite film is “The Titanic”.

He is sure that the most important thing in life is health, freedom and the ability to adapt.

They like sport.

They enjoy drugs, alcohol, and smoking.

10) They try to make the around world

better.

8. - развитие навыков монологической речи по теме

The last point of our discussion is violence. We know that young people are often considered violent. Youth gangs try to control the streets. People are afraid to go out at night. So different kinds of people have different opinions on youth subcultures.

Youth is a very important period in the life of man. This is the time when a person discovers the world and tries to determine the place in the universe. Young people face lots of problems which are very important for them and do not differ much from those that once their parents had to deal with.

What can you remember of the youth violence? What can you tell us about it?

Young people of today do not directly accept the standards of their parents who believe that they are right because they are older. The adults don't want their values to be questioned. The young on the other hand cannot accept the values of their "fathers". All these differences generate a generation gap when the young and adult do not understand one another.

And children, in their turn, shock their parents with their dress, language, behaviour. The existence of sub-culture which is specific for every generation is a form of protest of the young people against the values of the adults. Thus, informal groups such as Hippies, Rockers, Bikers, Skinheads, Punks, Goths, appeared as a kind of protest against the values and lifestyles of the older people.

Another problem that young people face today concerns their relationship with their friends. As far as friendship is concerned, I think that a person can and should have a lot of friends. Не/she can be on good terms with the classmates. But at the same time there can be only two or three real friends. I believe that real friends will never betray each other.

The problem of love is very important for young people. Today they fall in love when they reach the age of Romeo and Juliet. Romanticism and idealism very often accompany the love of the young. They can love deeply and passionately, they believe that their love will last forever. Unfortunately, often their hearts are broken.

Communication has always been an important part of young people's lives. Today they can choose between traditional and new ways of communication. Traditionally the young meet after classes with their school friends, make parties, go to the movies or disco clubs to have fun, relax and acquire new friends. But if the young people do not like noisy clubs and other places of entertainment, they can find friends without leaving their homes - the Internet gives such an opportunity. Although this international Web Wide Web is intended for getting knowledge, only few users employ it in this way. Others use different computer programmes to chat with their friends from all over the globe. They can sit for twenty four hours staring at the monitors. Such young people do not eat, sleep, work or learn properly. Their parents think that they are doing nothing, but this is not absolutely correct. They only thing many young people are interested in is navigating through the net and checking their e-mail boxes. And it is a great problem of the present and future. In general all the problems of the youth are linked with the present rather than with the past or future.

Welcome to the lesson devoted to the “Youth problems” / “Problems of teenagers”. We are very glad to see you and first of all I’d like to introduce our topic. «Teenagers: Why do teens join a youth group? »

Today we’d like to ask and answer some questions:

1.Do young people have problems?

2.What difficulties do they face in real life?

Can you answer my question, please?

1.Who is a teenager? How old is this person?

As you know the word “teenager” comes from English language. And it means a person who is at the age from 13 to 19.

2. Речеваязарядка

Life for teens is like a struggle, let us read a poem written by a British teenager about life. So, listen to me, please:

Life Is Fate

What for we live? What for we die? Why can we dream, but cannot fly? Sometimes we’re happy and we smile, Sometimes we’re sad, we scream and cry. What for we love? What for we hate? I cannot answer! Life is fate!

I agree with the author of this poem. I profoundly believe that life is fate. But I can control it by myself. And choosing the subculture is my own choice. Popular culture is mass culture. It is a professionally organized sphere that works for a large mass of people. Popular culture gives people, especially young, standards to be what they like, to express their individuality.

Now I invite you to look through some articles about different subcultures. What subcultures are discussed on these pages? Let’s name them.

1. T.: We’ve said what subculture means. Now let’s say what subcultures you know. I’ll tell one or two sentences about this or that grouping, you’ll call me the name of the group.

1.A person who dresses in a shocking way. He or she has brightly coloured hair.

2.These are people with deep understanding of how computers work. They don’t protest against their parents.

3.They look as thin and pale as possible. They talk about being vampires and the end of the world.

4.They cut their hair shorter than others do. They are usually regarded as aggressive and violent.

5.Some people classify them as drug – users, but they always want to change the world to the best.

6.This group has a threatening appearance. They all can ride motorbikes.

Учащиеся называют субкультуры.

punks

hackers

the goths

skinheads

hippies

bikers

4. Актуализация знаний. Молодежные организации.

Развитие монологической речи «Молодежные организации в России».

5. Физминутка для глаз.

6. Чтение с выборочным извлечением информации.

Has a teenager got problems?

What are they?

Young people can meet difficulties everywhere: at home, at school, in the street. They face to different problems.

What are they? Let’s find them out.

They are…

1.at home with parents

2.misunderstanding

3.smoking

4.using drugs

5.using alcohol drinks

6.relationships with lovers

Young People – Old Problems”

1. Communication with persons of the same age

2. Fathers and Sons

3. Teen addiction

4. Street children

5. Youth organizations

And now let’s find the solution of the problem.

7. Совершенствованиенавыковустнойречи:

The task: You’ll put the sentences into 2 parts: False and True.

1.The teenager is kind enough.

2.He or she tries to get better education.

3.To get good education is not fashionable nowadays.

4.They read a lot.

5.They work on a computer as professionals.

6.Their favourite film is “The Titanic”.

7.He is sure that the most important thing in life is health, freedom and the ability to adapt.

8.They like sport.

9.They enjoy drugs, alcohol, and smoking.

10) They try to make the around world

better.

8. - развитие навыков монологической речи по теме

The last point of our discussion is violence. We know that young people are often considered violent. Youth gangs try to control the streets. People are afraid to go out at night. So different kinds of people have different opinions on youth subcultures.

Youth is a very important period in the life of man. This is the time when a person discovers the world and tries to determine the place in the universe. Young people face lots of problems which are very important for them and do not differ much from those that once their parents had to deal with.

What can you remember of the youth violence? What can you tell us about it?

Young people of today do not directly accept the standards of their parents who believe that they are right because they are older. The adults don't want their values to be questioned. The young on the other hand cannot accept the values of their "fathers". All these differences generate a generation gap when the young and adult do not understand one another.

And children, in their turn, shock their parents with their dress, language, behaviour. The existence of sub-culture which is specific for every generation is a form of protest of the young people against the values of the adults. Thus, informal groups such as Hippies, Rockers, Bikers, Skinheads, Punks, Goths, appeared as a kind of protest against the values and lifestyles of the older people.

Another problem that young people face today concerns their relationship with their friends. As far as friendship is concerned, I think that a person can and should have a lot of friends. Не/she can be on good terms with the classmates. But at the same time there can be only two or three real friends. I believe that real friends will never betray each other.

The problem of love is very important for young people. Today they fall in love when they reach the age of Romeo and Juliet. Romanticism and idealism very often accompany the love of the young. They can love deeply and passionately, they believe that their love will last forever. Unfortunately, often their hearts are broken.

Communication has always been an important part of young people's lives. Today they can choose between traditional and new ways of communication. Traditionally the young meet after classes with their school friends, make parties, go to the movies or disco clubs to have fun, relax and acquire new friends. But if the young people do not like noisy clubs and other places of entertainment, they can find friends without leaving their homes - the Internet gives such an opportunity. Although this international Web Wide Web is intended for getting knowledge, only few users employ it in this way. Others use different computer programmes to chat with their friends from all over the globe. They can sit for twenty four hours staring at the monitors. Such young people do not eat, sleep, work or learn properly. Their parents think that they are doing nothing, but this is not absolutely correct. They only thing many young people are interested in is navigating through the net and checking their e-mail boxes. And it is a great problem of the present and future. In general all the problems of the youth are linked with the present rather than with the past or future.